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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






2. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






3. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






4. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






6. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






7. What type of people need extra protein?






8. Fats can lead to some medical problems






9. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






10. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






11. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






12. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






13. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






15. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






16. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






17. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






18. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






19. What foods have high quality protein?






20. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






21. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






22. Where can you get more vitamin D?






23. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






24. What function is vitamin A?






25. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






26. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






27. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






28. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






29. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






30. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






31. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






32. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






34. The higher the BMR a client has --






35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






36. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






37. What is normal BMI?






38. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






39. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






40. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






41. What function is vitamin D?






42. When does BMR increase?






43. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






44. What is the function of vitamin C?






45. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






46. Sources of fats






47. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






48. When does BMR decrease?






49. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






50. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?